Joywrex's Creeper Build (First RC ever)

[joywrex]

Just a thought as I just looked at your rig again. You might want to remove the mounting hole on the bottom of the axle where the diff is. On my dad's I got rid of everything in the red circles.

I will once I crawl a bit more and get annoyed by those parts. Then cutting them off will feel more like an upgrade...for free!

Thanks for the thought though. Advice is always welcome

 

[joywrex]

Starting to regret my large battery purchase...

 

[Wicked Klown]

I started with a 3600mah NiMH battery, for me it worked laying it across the rear axle. Later I was given a lipo charger and then bought a 1300mah 2s battery off of a guy on this forums. This worked very well on the right side of the front axle, so much that I bought 2 more. On my dad's I put a 1300mah 3s between the chassis and the tranny on the left side.

 

[joywrex]

Would these Berg parts fit on my Creeper?

 

[asw27x]

i dont think the kunkles or c-hubs would but the servo plate would and the stock creeper c's and knuckles are better because of zero ackrement

 

[joywrex]

I borrowed a castle link from a guy and set my new BEC to 6v. Here it is installed with the newest suspension setup.

 

[rybredd]

Nice! "thumbsup""thumbsup"
Need me 1 of them thar bec's too....
Clean install!!

 

[joywrex]

How would yall suggest connecting the two chassis plates? I have this aluminum knitting needle here that would do the trick if i bent it and tapped the ends.

What do others do?

 

[asw27x]

what u thought of is what they do

 

[joywrex]

Fun with pictures

 

[joywrex]

what u thought of is what they do

Haha oh. I thought I was so smart...

 

[joywrex]

knitting needle supports"thumbsup"

 

[venomcrawlerdud]

personal i would put those mounts on the screws that hold the shocks to the chassis. it will keep the shocks in the same (sumwhat) position and also stiffen the chassis.

 

[joywrex]

personal i would put those mounts on the screws that hold the shocks to the chassis. it will keep the shocks in the same (sumwhat) position and also stiffen the chassis.

Yeah I wanted to do that but I couldn't find a tap that was in 2.5mm around. :evil: I was thinking of at least moving them to where the body posts are now...

How noticeable would the difference in chassis stiffness be when crawling?

 

[venomcrawlerdud]

it can depend. i had alot of flex in the chassis cus my wheels are heavy as hell but it can depend. right know i have like no flex in it but depending on where you mount them they can stiffen or actually indus flex in the chassis. the only prob i see here is that when the shocks bottom out they can move the chassis in diff directions depending on how much your axles weight.

 

[jojo303d]

i guess it all depends!:lmao:

 

[venomcrawlerdud]

i guess it all depends!:lmao:

i it did for me. but maybe it was just the (dont get made but i is true) shit qualty of the venom creeper in its first gen stage. :shock:

 

[joywrex]

I don't really see the need for the internal anti-roll springs inside of the shocks. Do people ever take them out or shorten them?

 

[joywrex]

Haha oh. I thought I was so smart...

Well I bought some larger aluminum knitting needles and they're ****ing hollow.:evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil:

 

[joywrex]

New Shock setup. I like it a lot. I'm realizing that the shocks suck though. Also, the stock tires are crap. I did some sipping but it was messy and didn't seem to help much.